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        "prettyDate": "May 17, 2022",
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        "summary": "Doctors say that the process too often leads to delays in patient care and sometimes causes consumers to abandon treatment.",
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        "summary": "Thea first-in-the-nation law created a long-term care benefit for residents who paid into a state fund, but it was never implemented.",
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        "title": "Consumers beware: COVID testing sites go unregulated among surge in demand",
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        "summary": "High demand and scarce supply have opened the door to bad actors, and officials in some states are having a hard time keeping up.",
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        "title": "Hospital facility fees... for a telehealth visit?",
        "byline": "Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News",
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        "prettyDate": "December 17, 2021",
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        "summary": "Facility fees for video appointments remain rare, but that doesn't make them any less confusing for patients who get charged for them.",
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        "title": "Elective surgery after a COVID recovery: A tricky situation",
        "byline": "Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News",
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        "prettyDate": "June 28, 2021",
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        "summary": "As the number of people who have had COVID grows, medical experts are trying to determine when it's safe for them to have elective surgery.",
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        "title": "Many health plans must now cover full cost of HIV prevention drugs",
        "byline": "Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News",
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        "prettyDate": "January 07, 2021",
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        "summary": "Starting this month, those with private insurance will no longer have to decide whether they can afford to protect themselves against HIV.",
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        "byline": "Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News",
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        "prettyDate": "July 20, 2020",
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        "summary": "The clock won't start ticking until the end of the COVID-19 \"outbreak period\" and will continue for 60 days after the emergency ends.",
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        "prettyDate": "July 06, 2020",
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        "prettyDate": "April 20, 2020",
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        "summary": "In a tight labor market, offering a more generous plan can be an attractive recruitment tool.",
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